# Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.
Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.

## Events

In the first two Paralympic games, there were two men's events (Class A and B). Since the Paralympic games of 1968, there are two events, a men's event and a women's event.
Current events
* Men's team
* Women's team

## Qualification

* 1960 - 1988 : No Qualification
* 1992 - Ongoing: World and Zonal Qualification

## Medalists

Medal winning athletes for every Summer Games since 1960 are as follows:

### Men's team
#### Class A

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1960 Rome | United States | Great Britain | Israel |
| 1964 Tokyo | United States | Great Britain | Israel |

#### Class B

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1960 Rome | United States | Netherlands | Great Britain |
| 1964 Tokyo | United States | Argentina | Israel |

#### Men's team

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1968 Tel Aviv | Israel | United States | Great Britain |
| 1972 Heidelberg | United States | Israel | Argentina |
| 1976 Toronto | United States | Israel | France |
| 1980 Arnhem | Israel | Netherlands | United States |
| 1984 Stoke Mandeville | France | Netherlands | Sweden |
| 1988 Seoul | United States | Netherlands | France |
| 1992 Barcelona | Netherlands | Germany | France |
| 1996 Atlanta | Australia | Great Britain | United States |
| 2000 Sydney | Canada | Netherlands | United States |
| 2004 Athens | Canada | Australia | Great Britain |
| 2008 Beijing | Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| 2012 London | Canada | Australia | United States |
| 2016 Rio | United States | Spain | Great Britain |
| 2020 Tokyo | United States | Japan | Great Britain |
| 2024 Paris | United States | Great Britain | Germany |

### Women's team

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1968 Tel Aviv | Israel | Argentina | United States |
| 1972 Heidelberg | Argentina | Jamaica | Israel |
| 1976 Toronto | Israel | West Germany | Argentina |
| 1980 Arnhem | West Germany | Israel | United States |
| 1984 Stoke Mandeville | West Germany | Israel | Japan |
| 1988 Seoul | United States | West Germany | Netherlands |
| 1992 Barcelona | Canada | United States | Netherlands |
| 1996 Atlanta | Canada | Netherlands | United States |
| 2000 Sydney | Canada | Australia | Japan |
| 2004 Athens | United States | Australia | Canada |
| 2008 Beijing | United States | Germany | Australia |
| 2012 London | Germany | Australia | Netherlands |
| 2016 Rio | United States | Germany | Netherlands |
| 2020 Tokyo | Netherlands | China | United States |
| 2024 Paris | Netherlands | United States | China |

## Medals
### Men (Class A & Class B) (1960–1964)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Men (1968–2024)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Israel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | France | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

### Women (1968–2020)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Israel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Total (1960–2020)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 13 | 2 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Israel (ISR) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |

## Nations
### 1960–1964
#### Men Class A

| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
| 1960 | USA | GBR | ISR | NED | AUT | | |
| 1964 | USA | GBR | ISR | FRA | BEL | PHI | JPN |

#### Men Class B

| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| 1960 | USA | NED | GBR | ARG | AUS | BEL | FRA | ITA | MLT | SUI |
| 1964 | USA | ARG | ISR | ITA | GBR | JPN | | | | |

### 1968–Ongoing
#### Men

https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paralympic-Games-Results-1960-2012.pdf
* 1968: 13 Teams
* 1972: Division I 9 Teams / Division II 10 Teams
* 1976: 21 Teams
* 1980: 17 Teams
* 1984: 18 Teams
* 1988: 17 Teams
* 1992: 12 Teams
* 1996: 12 Teams
* 2000: 12 Teams
* 2004: 12 Teams
* 2008: 12 Teams
* 2012: 12 Teams
* 2016: 12 Teams
* 2020: 12 Teams
* 2024: 8 Teams
| Years | Teams |
| 1960 | United States - United Kingdom - Israel - Netherlands |
| 1964 | United States - United Kingdom - Israel - Argentina |
| 1968 | United States - United Kingdom - West Germany - Switzerland - Israel - France - Netherlands - Belgium - Canada - Sweden - Italy - Argentina - Australia |
| 1972 | Argentina - United Kingdom - Sweden - Netherlands - Italy - United States - Israel - France - Australia - Belgium - Spain - Canada - Portugal - Switzerland - West Germany - Brazil - Jamaica - Yugoslavia - Ireland |
| 1976 | Israel - Netherlands - Mexico - Italy - Colombia - France - Canada - Switzerland - Finland - South Africa - Argentina - United Kingdom - West Germany - Spain - Denmark - United States - Sweden - Belgium- Brazil - Japan - Australia |
| 1980 | United States - Japan - Spain - Australia - Italy - Israel - Argentina - Belgium - West Germany - Netherlands - Canada - Denmark - Brazil - France - Sweden - United Kingdom - Egypt |
| 1984 | Canada - United States - Italy - Switzerland - Finland - Israel - West Germany - Mexico - Spain - United Kingdom - France - Australia - Japan - Egypt - Sweden - Netherlands - Yugoslavia - Denmark |
| 1988 | United States - Sweden - United Kingdom - Brazil - France - West Germany - Australia- Argentina - Morocco - Netherlands - Israel - Spain - South Korea - Canada Japan - Belgium - Mexico |
| 1992 | Netherlands - France - Germany - Sweden - Australia - Israel - United States - United Kingdom - Canada - Spain - Japan - Argentina |
| 1996 | Spain - Australia - United Kingdom - Canada - Mexico - Argentina - United States - France - Netherlands - Japan - Sweden |
| 2000 | Canada - United States - United Kingdom - Germany - Mexico - South Africa - Netherlands - France - Australia - Sweden- Japan - South Korea |
| 2004 | Canada - Australia - Italy United Kingdom - Brazil - France - Netherlands - United States - Germany - Japan - Iran - Greece |
| 2008 | Canada - Germany - Iran - Japan - South Africa - Sweden - Australia - United Kingdom - United States - Israel - Brazil - China |
| 2012 | Australia - Canada - Colombia - Germany - United Kingdom - Italy - Japan - Spain - Poland - Turkey - United States - South Africa |
| 2016 | Spain - Turkey - Australia - Netherlands - Japan - Canada - United States - United Kingdom - Brazil - Germany - Iran - Algeria |
| 2020 | |

#### Women

| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| 1972 | ARG | JAM | ISR | GER | CAN | GBR | YUG | | | |
| 1976 | ISR | GER | ARG | CAN | USA | | | | | |
| 1980 | GER | ISR | USA | ARG | | | | | | |
| 1984 | GER | ISR | JPN | CAN | USA | NED | | | | |
| 1988 | USA | GER | NED | CAN | JPN | ISR | SWE | ARG | GBR | |
| 1992 | CAN | USA | AUS | NED | GER | GBR | JPN | FRA | ISR | ESP |
| 1996 | CAN | NED | USA | AUS | JPN | GBR | GER | BRA | | |
| 2000 | CAN | AUS | JPN | NED | USA | MEX | GER | GBR | | |
| 2004 | CAN | USA | GER | AUS | NED | JPN | MEX | FRA | | |
| 2008 | USA | GER | AUS | JPN | CAN | NED | CHN | GBR | MEX | BRA |
| 2012 | GER | AUS | NED | USA | CHN | CAN | GBR | MEX | GER | FRA |
| 2016 | USA | GER | NED | GBR | CAN | CHN | BRA | FRA | ARG | ALG |
| 2020 | NED | CHN | USA | GER | CAN | JPN | GBR | ESP | AUS | ALG |